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- From: abbott@cats.ucsc.edu (Ken Abbott)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc
- Subject: Re: What is SLIP???
- Date: 13 Nov 1992 21:02:51 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
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- dtg@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:
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- >Can anyone tell me what the program/tool SLIP is??? What does it do??? Who
- >should I contact to find more about it???
-
- SLIP is Serial Line IP. A SLIP connection provides a way of
- establishing an IP connection over a serial line, typically a modem
- connection. SLIP support is provided by terminal servers and routers
- at the LAN end, and various companies provide SLIP client software for
- PCs and Macintoshes and workstations.
-
- You may want to consider using PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) instead.
- It provides some improvements over SLIP. First, it is a
- protocol-independant connection. The improvement I find most useful
- in the IP world is that the PPP protocol will negotiate the IP address
- used by the remote side. This allows an administrator to assign a
- pool of addresses to be used for casual users, while locking in
- addresses assigned to regular users.
-
- Also look for CSLIP, which is SLIP using header compression. This can
- make a big difference for small packet applications like telnet with
- remote echo.
-
- Ken Abbott
- UC Santa Cruz
-